Lantern



(No Model.)

G. H. LOMAX.

LANTERN.

No. 325,255. L91 Patented Sept. 1, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. LQMAX, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

LANTERN.

.BPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,255, datedSeptember 1, 1885.

Application filed June 17, 1885.

T0 (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. LOMAX, of Somerville, in the county ofMiddlesex, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have in vented a newand useful Improvement in Lanterns; and I do hereby declare the same tobe described in the following specification, and represented in theaccompanying drawings, of which Figure l is a side view of a lanternprovided with my invention, the nature of which is defined in the claimshereinafter presented. Fig 2 is an under side view, and Fig. 3 atransverse section, on an enlarged scale, of the basering andoilrescrvoir of such lantern.

In carrying out my invention the oil-reservoir or bottom portion of thelantern has pro jecting from it, at or near its central part, a screw toextend therefrom below the annular or supporting base of such bottomportion, such screw being to allow of the lantern being screwed to aboard, plank, or other device for supporting it. The said screw I hingeor so attach to the lantern-bottom as to enable the screw to be turnedor moved within the base in a mannerto prevent the screw from extendingbeyond the base, and I have to the base a catch or device for holdingthe screw in its raised position, such catch or device admitting of thescrew being turned down into a position to cause it to project below thebase in a manner to admit of the screw being screwed into a plank orother support by revolving the lantern.

Lanterns when simply standing on a surface without being confinedthereto are liable to be accidentally ovcrset; but with my improve menta lantern may be fixed firmly in place on a board or supporting device.

In the drawings, A denotes a lantern of common construction, a beingitsoil-reservoir, and b the supporting-flange or tapering ring extendingdown from it.

The fastening-screw is shown at B as pro 3' cctin g a sufficientdistance below the base, and from one of the leaves of a common butt ordoor hinge, C, whose other leaf is fastened to the bottom 0 of suchoilreservoir, the screw (No model.)

when in its lowest position being in the axis of the reservoir produced.The screw can be turned upward against the said bottom, so as to bewholly within the space circumscribed by the base, there being affixedto the base a springcatch, D, for holding the screw in its raisedposition. On turning upward the screw it will be pressed against theelastic or yielding part c of the catch, and by friction on such will beheld up. When the screw is down in its lowest position, it so projectsbeyond the base as to enable the screw to be screwed into a board orother fiat device by revolving the lantern over such board or device.

\Vlien the screw is folded or turned up into its highest position, itwill be wholly within the base, so as not to prevent it from beingplaced with its lower edge upon and fully in contact with a board orflat surface.

I claim-- 1. A lantern provided or combined with a screw arranged withinthe annular supporting-base and projecting from and hinged to the bottomof such lantern, so as to be capable of being moved from a position atright angles to such bottom upward into another position parallel, orabout so, with the bottom, such screw when in its lowest positionprojecting beyond the lower edge of the base, as setforth.

2. A lantern provided with a screw hinged to the bottom of such lantern,so as to be capa ble of being turned from a position at right angleswith the said bottom into one parallel, or about so, therewith.

3. A lantern provided with an annular base extending from the bottom ofthe oil-reservor, and provided with a screw pivoted or hinged to thesaid bottom, and also with a catch to hold the screw in its raisedposition, as set forth, the screw when turned down projecting beyond thesaid base, as and for the purpose substantially as represented.

GEORGE H. LOMAX.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, S. N. PIPER.

